Work around TextWithDash not accepting all kwargs of Text

timhoffm · timhoffm · commit 8d31731a0257 · 2018-12-16T19:35:22.000+01:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -719,9 +719,10 @@ def text(self, x, y, s, fontdict=None, withdash=False, **kwargs):
         # a dash to TextWithDash and dashlength.
 
         if withdash:
-            t = mtext.TextWithDash(x, y, text=s, **effective_kwargs)
+            t = mtext.TextWithDash(x, y, text=s)
         else:
-            t = mtext.Text(x, y, text=s, **effective_kwargs)
+            t = mtext.Text(x, y, text=s)
+        t.update(effective_kwargs)
 
         t.set_clip_path(self.patch)
         self._add_text(t)
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/text.py b/lib/matplotlib/text.py
@@ -1319,7 +1319,8 @@ def __init__(self,
                       multialignment=multialignment,
                       fontproperties=fontproperties,
                       rotation=rotation,
-                      linespacing=linespacing)
+                      linespacing=linespacing,
+                      )
 
         # The position (x,y) values for text and dashline
         # are bogus as given in the instantiation; they will
